Show off your Frankenbass!

I have just recently done some mods to a bass I bought for $150. Its a Mitey Mite P-bass I bought used. It has a maple body and maple neck. I painted the pickguard in black and the dots are black, sleek! The bass came with a split-P Dimarzio and for Stingray-like tones, I added a Bartolini MusicMan pickup by the bridge. The pickup has a preamp w/bass,treble,mid, and mid Q. So I added a few more chrome knobs. I'll be darned if it doesn't pull off Stingray,Sabre,and P-bass tones. I am tickled it was so easy! So all you amateur luthiers out there lets see your "Frankenbasses"! (I'd love to show mine, but no camera). Tisk.

Soon's I get shore leave from Planet Estros (vacation), it's getting
a pair of DiMarzio Ultra-Jazz' (painted hot pink of course). The pots will
be replaced by two, stacked controls (vol/tone for each pup). The third
"hole" gets a Les Paul type toggle switch. I'm torn between T/I Jazz
Rounds or Pyramid solid nickel rounds "funk" gauge (35-95). A fretboard
coating will be a must.

Geshel...looks like you have all the early 80's English New Wavers covered on that one!(Where's Bauhaus and the Cure?) Nice color scheme(and I don't mean that in a 5th grade kind of way). Notduane...Do you own a heat gun? Cuz that bass can be natural finish in 2 shakes! I did the color removal trick on a Ric 4001(it was fireglo...does anyone really like FIREGLO?). Anyway, just keep the gun at a safe distance as to not burn the wood. I actually burned a spot UNDER the paint(weird), you'd think the paint would burn first. So I sanded the spot out. No Worries Mate. The wood was very hard, so it didn't take stain well. But I found a gel stain that you rub in that worked great! You may want to try it...

Originally posted by Jontom ...Notduane...Do you own a heat gun? Cuz that
bass can be natural finish in 2 shakes! I did the color
removal trick on a Ric 4001 (it was fireglo...does anyone
really like FIREGLO?). Anyway, just keep the gun at a safe
distance as to not burn the wood. I actually burned a spot
UNDER the paint(weird), you'd think the paint would burn first.
So I sanded the spot out. No Worries Mate. The wood was
very hard, so it didn't take stain well. But I found a gel stain
that you rub in that worked great! You may want to try it...